'Producer Gets Access,' by Dana Rohrabacher (R)

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'Producer Gets Access,' by Dana Rohrabacher
Los Angeles Times - 5 minutes ago

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) used his influence to open doors in Washington for a Hollywood producer pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option on a screenplay, records and interviews show.



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U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (news, bio, voting record) (R-Huntington Beach) used his influence to open doors in Washington for a Hollywood producer pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option on a screenplay, records and interviews show.

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Before the option deal in late 2003, Rohrabacher's script, "Baja," had kicked around Hollywood for so many years that its conservative protagonist had morphed from a Vietnam veteran to a soldier who had served in the Persian Gulf War.

The action-adventure tale, penned by the conservative Orange County congressman almost 30 years ago, revolved around an archeological expedition to Mexico by the vet and his antagonist, a liberal graduate student.

Following the sale of the script to Joseph Medawar, a little-known producer, Rohrabacher helped introduce Medawar to at least five Republican congressmen and staff members at the House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee in 2004. At the time, Medawar was pitching his latest Hollywood project — a TV series about the Department of Homeland Security.

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1. lol -- money talks --

you'ld like to think that americans would catch on -- if you don't a bunch of money to lay down in the republican built universe you don't get to play.


you'ld like to think that.

[Bob3]

2. this - in the real world - is called a bribe.

That screen play has about as much chance getting made as my screenplay "Bikini Zombies" does.